diff --git a/frontend/CHANGELOG.md b/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
index 44e2890d7a..8bd9423c10 100644
--- a/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/frontend/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 The latest version of this document is always available in
 [releases][releases-url].
 
+## [3.2.19]
+- fix: default groupId never set for strategies (only in ui)
+
 ## [3.2.18]
 - fix: clean up history view a bit
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/feature/form/strategy-configure.jsx b/frontend/src/component/feature/form/strategy-configure.jsx
index f9721cfb06..ecbf2fd68e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/feature/form/strategy-configure.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/component/feature/form/strategy-configure.jsx
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class StrategyConfigure extends React.Component {
                     );
                 } else {
                     if (name === 'groupId' && !value) {
-                        value = this.props.featureToggleName;
+                        this.setConfig('groupId', this.props.featureToggleName);
                     }
                     return (
                         <div key={name}>